# Dunka Village, Meerganj, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Meerganj, Bareilly 

# Dunka

Dunka is a village in Meerganj sub-district of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **9,662 people in 1,504 households**, the 1st largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%.

- 9,662people (2011)
- 1,504households
- 45.2%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dunka

Of every 100 households in Dunka in 2011, 20 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dunka · ■ Meerganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**52%

Tap water ****12%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**87%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**93%

Use banking services ****42%**

**70%

Television ****34%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dunka?

■ Dunka · ■ Meerganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.2%**

**52.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**917

Working population ****31.8%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.8% for men and 31.0% for women. 48% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 519 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 740 (24%) · **■** Household industry 340 (11%) · **■** Other work 661 (21%) · **■** Marginal 816 (27%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Meerganj

- Bairamnagar8,437 people
- Sidhauli7,320 people
- Agras6,867 people
- Jaferpur6,264 people

[All 244 villages in Meerganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bareilly/meerganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dunka?9,662 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dunka in?Bareilly district (Meerganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dunka?45.2% (Census 2011)